Picker.



* No.:860,310. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PICKER.

Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed May 18,1906. Serial No. 317,438.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dnsmn MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of NewHampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pickers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to pickers for use in looms; and it consists inthe peculiar and advantageous picker hereinafter described andpartieularly defined in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification: Figure1 is a side elevation of a stick or staff equipped with my novel picker.Fig. 2 is a view showing the upper portion of the staff and the pickerin vertical section, and: Fig. 3 is a view in plan of the upper ends ofthe staff and picker.

Similarletters designate corresponding parts in all of the Views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is a. pcker stick or staff which is preferably of wood and is providedadjacent to its upper end with an aperture a which extends in thedirection in which the stick or staff moves.

B is a bolt which rests in the aperture a of the stick or staff A, andis provided at one end with a thread b for the engagement of a nut c andis also provided at its other end with a fiat head d, and a portion e ofrectangular form in cross-section.

C is the body of the picker.

D is a piece of leather or other suitable material for engaging the endof a shuttle, removably arranged in the body C, and E is a piece ofleather or other sui'table material interposed between the back of thebody C and the face of the stick or staff A and arranged on and held bythe bolt B.

The body -G of my novel picker is preferably made of steel, and isprovided with the vertically disposed socket f designed to receive theleather piece D and open at its upper end, an opening g formed in thebottom wall of the socket f, a tapered eye h for-med in the front wallof the body and communicating with the socket f, and a vertical slot oroblong Opening k formed in the back wall of the body and receiving therectan gular portion e of the bolt B. It will also be noticed byreference to Fig. 2 that the rear side of the body G is convex in thedirection of its height and that the opposed side of the piece ofleather E is concave in a similar direction, this for a purpose whichwill be presently pointed out in detail.

By virtue of the construction of my novel picker as pointed out in theforegoing, it will be apparent that the piece of leather D is the onlypart of the picker to engagethe shuttle, and that the said piece D maybe quickly and easily removed when worn and as readily replaced with anew piece of leather. In this connection it is well to state that whenthe piece of leather D is difficult to remove from the socket f asuitable punching instrument nay be passed through the Opening g andplaced in engagement with the lower end of the leather piece D to assistin the displacement of the latter. It will also be apparent that byvirtue of the connection between the body C of the picker and the stiekor staff A, the said body O nay be adjusted vertically on the bolt B tocorrectly position its eye IL and enable the sane to properly receivethe point of a shuttle. The opposed sides of the body O and the piece Eof leather or other suitable material will, by reason of their shape,permit of the described vertical adjustment of the body C, and yet thepiece E will eflieiently cushion the body C irrespective of the positionof the latter, and hence will prevent the blows received by the piece ofleather D in the body C from injuring the stick or staff A.

With a view of effectually preventing lateral turning of the picker bodyC on the bolt B, I provide the said body C with rearwardly extendinglugs F, Figs. 1 and 3. These lugs F rest at opposite sides of and closeagainst the stick or staff A and hence effectually prevent lateralnovement of the picker body on the bolt B or with respect to the stickor staff A.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel picker is simpleand conpaet in construction and is well adapted to withstand the usageto which pickers are ordinarily subjected; also, that the picker as awhole will last for an indefinite period inasmuch as the only partsubjected to wear e., the leather piece D, may be readily renoved whenworn and replaccd with a new piece.

I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangementof the parts embraeed in the present and preferred embodiment of nyinvention in order to inpart a definite understanding of the saidembodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confiningmyself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement ofparts as such changes or modifications may be nade in practice as fairlyfall within the scope of my claimed invention.

Having described ny invention, what I Claim and desire to secu'e byLetters-Patent, is:

1. The combinaton of a picker stick or staff, a picker body arrangcd atthe forward side of the picker stiek or staili and provided with avertically disposed socket and also provided wiLl :in eye in the forwardwall of said socket, a piece of leather removably arranged in the seckctof the body, a piece of leather interposed between the for ward side ofthe stick or staff and the 'ear side of the picker body, and a commonmeans Connecting the picker body and the last mentioned piece of leatherwith the stick or staff.

The combination 'of a picker stick or staff, a bolt extending throughthe stick or staff and provided at its for- Ward end with a head, a nutnounted on the rear portion of the said bolt, a pieker body having averticaily disposed soeket and a rear side whichis convex in :thedirection of its height and also having an eye in its forward wall and avertical oblong Opening in its rear wall; said eye and oblong' Openingcommunicating with'the socket and the oblong Opening receiving the shankof the bolt at staf and provided with a vertically disposed socket and.also provided with an eye in the forward wall of said,

soeket; the rear side of said body being convex in the direction of itsheight, a piece of Ieather removably arranged n the socket of the body,a piece of leather interposed between the forward side of the stick orstaff and the rear side of the picker body and having 'its 'forward sidecon cave in the drection of its height, and a common means conneetingthe picker body and the last mentioned piece of leather with the stickor staff.

4. The combination of 'a picker stick or staff, a picke' body having' averticaliy disposed socket and an eye in its forward wall incommunication with the socket and also having a vertical soeket in itsrear wall and the rear side of said wall convex in the direction of itsheight, a bolt extendingv through the vertieal slot and Connecting thebody and the stick and having a head disposed in the socket of theformer, a piece of leather removably arranged in the socket of the body,and a piece of leather arranged on the bolt and between the body and'the stick.

In testimony whereof I have herennto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

DESIRE MARTIN.

Witnesses J. A. BOIVIN, ERNEST L. AUCTIL.

